Working with color is the fun part of pulling your home together. Initially, don’t get caught up in getting it right the first time you select your colors, fabrics and patterns. Learning and editing ...

One of the best ways to express your personality and add flair to your home is to incorporate a mix of patterns into the decor. Whether you like florals, stripes, geometrics, animal prints, paisleys ...

The most common challenge facing any novice home decorator has got to be choosing paint color for walls. But right up there next to that is mixing patterns. "Marrying patterns is the hallmark of a ...

Mixing patterns is downright intimidating. And to be fair, it’s easy to miss the mark and end up with a dizzying living room. So most of us pass the task of picking printed fabrics off the task to ...

Florals, stripes, leopards and plaids—a cocktail of prints gives a room a made-for-you depth. But there’s a fine line between chic personality and chaotic clashing. “You need to practice restraint in ...

Mixing patterns is one of those decorating skills that can separate the amateur from the professional interior designer. When it's done well, it also distinguishes a harmonious space from a chaotic ...

Remember when Mom told you stripes don’t go with florals? Well that was then, and this now. Mixing it up is oh so current! Patterns are back big time in decorating, but mixologists beware, else the ...

We love to mix everything from styles to colors and especially patterns. After all, new traditional design is a mix itself. It is classic and fresh, livable and luxe, formal and fun. The goal is to ...

Layering prints and patterns is a design approach that creates a sophisticated look full of depth and dimension. When done incorrectly, however, the result can be a distracting and scattered space. To ...